The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has found strong evidence that exposes Showik Chakraborty's link to drug peddlers in Mumbai, as his call records and drug chats were accessed by the investigative agency as per a Republic TV report. The report further adds that the NCB-accessed CDR records and chats of Rhea's brother revealed that Showik had introduced Zaid - the drug peddler arrested on Tuesday by the NCB in Mumbai - to Sushant's house manager Samuel Miranda, via a text dated March 17, 2020. Zaid, one among the two peddlers arrested by the NCB on Tuesday, confessed to have known Showik Chakraborty and having supplied drugs to him in the past.
Their middleman Basit has also been arrested by the investigative agency. According to the CDR records and chats accessed by the NCB, Samuel Miranda contacted drug dealer Zaid on Showik's instructions. Showik shared the contact number of Zaid with Samuel Miranda. Further, Zaid disclosed that he was paid a certain amount in cash and handed over the drugs to two persons who had come to receive the drugs from him. The location analysis reveals that on March 17, Zaid and Samuel Miranda were in the same location. The NCB is probing Rhea, the prime accused in the death case of Sushant Singh Rajput, after a leak of her alleged chats and the Enforcement Directorate submitting proof to the Central Bureau of Investigation currently involved in the investigation. 3.5 kilograms of curated marijuana has also been seized in raids in Mumbai and Delhi. The narcotics were sourced from abroad and allegedly meant for ‘page 3 celebrities.’